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Warner’s upcoming superhero LEGO game will attempt to cover around 13 hours worth of film narrative. The publisher has revealed that LEGO Marvel’s Avengers will span the narrative played out across six of the comic powerhouse’s films – The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America, Captain America: Winter Solider, …

Event will be held in Nottingham on October 28th, alongside GameCity

Long-running UK developer takes on the role of business development manager

The industry celebrates the cream of the UK games media this week – and you have just 24 hours to make sure you’re networking with the top journalists and editors from across print, online and broadcast brands. The Games Media Awards take place on Wednesday October 14th at the Bloomsbury …

Stephen "Snoopeh" Ellis and Charlie Yang, manager of Evil Geniuses’ Dota 2 team, join us on the Esports Weekly roundtable to discuss whether or not the size of a prize pool does anything for the stability of esports. Watch the video at IGN >>>

Activision’s Transformers Devastation is actually part of a far wider plan for the brand, it has emerged. The Hollywood Reporter says that the game, which entered the UK Top 40 in 21st this week, boasts a narrative that exists within a number of other branching Transformers lines. Both Platinum’s game …

Technical director John Watson tells us about his studio's partnership with Bedlam dev Skyshine

Fresh from announcing his firm’s first esports centric data and integrity partnership withESLthe world’s largest eSports network, SBC catches up withSportradar CEO & Founder Carsten Koerl. A leading figurehead in sports and wagering data, Koerl sheds insight and opinion on the growth of esports, its potential integrity challenges and the …

X Files’ Gillian Anderson, Lord of the Rings’ Andy Serkis and more to appear in crowdfunded hit’s campaign

Publisher expanding event, marketing services and content capabilities